"Mother....!"When Yin Yue woke up screaming ,it was already dawn.The sun has risen.The beams of golden sunlight were coming through the entrance of the cave, brightening the inner surrounding of the dark cave.
The smell of roasted meat was spreading everywhere around the cave.Yin Yue sat up and looked around.Wang Wei was sitting infront of the fire, preparing breakfast.Because she screamed ,Wang Wei was looking at her at the moment .
"Young miss,you are awake,"Wang Wei casually asked.
"Please come here and have something for breakfast.
There's no much but I prepared something for breakfast ."Wang Wei said to Yin Yue.
He had brought water from a nearby stream and gathered some fresh fruits.He had prepared the rest dried meat too.
No more assistance for getting ready in the morning.No more cheerful greetings from Xin Xin,who was her maid and closest friend.
Sighing to herself,Yin Yue slowly got up,washed her face and cleaned herself up ,after going to the stream of water.She came back and sit near the fire .She had some fresh fruits as breakfast .Without even a word she was eating,staring aimlessly .
Waiting for a while to hear something from Yin Yue,finally Wang Wei spoke.
"Young miss,I think it's better to leave this place after having breakfast .We have to reach to a town,we have to find a way to earn our living before we start our plans"he explained to Yin Yue.She nodded signaling that she understood.
Therefore ,after having breakfast..,they again started their journey.
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After getting out of the forest,they passed a few villages and reached to a city.It was called as "Pu Nam City". After entering from the city gates,they get off the horse and wandered casually examining the surrounding .They passed through the narrow lanes,small houses,crowded roads,the market place.The market was full of anything and everything ,foods,drinks,ornaments ,cosmetics,clothes.... everything was available .
Watching everything,they passed by when they saw a luxurious looking inn.They entered the inn,after parking the horse in the inn's stable.They ordered something to drink and eat.
The inn was a building with two floors .The surrounding was clean and decorated appropriately .The foods were delicious and the service was good .Though the inn situated in a populous area,the place was comfortable and calm with less noises.Considering those facts Wang Wei decided to reserve two rooms upstairs because until they find a proper place to live, they needed a place to live temporary and to discuss their plans for future.
After coming to their respective rooms,they held a discussion . Although Yin Yue was merely nine years old, Wang Wei knew from his experience that his master's daughter was very intelligent and quick witted.Yet she was not familiar with military affairs ,military strategies ,political strategies ...or most of skills which would be needed to succed their goal.So Wang Wei thought of presenting his ideas first.
"Young miss,I think we should have a proper plan to carry out our duties to achieve our goals.Would our miss like to listen to some ideas of this humble servant ?"he asked permission .
After seeing her nodding ,he started to describe his plan.
"Miss,according to what I witnessed ,General Huang is playing a major part in this conspiracy .He had managed to convince our emperor that our master has betrayed our country , and he had managed to convince our emperor not to give any chance for our master to prove his innocence."Wang Wei explained .
Except for clenching her fists and biting her lip slightly,Yin Yue's statue like figure didn't make any moves.Hence he continued.
"We have to figure out, how he convinced our emperor that much"Wang Wei said.
"For that, we have to approach General Huang by however possible.I thought of two ways to approach him.But both ways have their own risks,own sacrifices,own difficulties and both of them are really time consuming."he explained .
"And there is another third method,but it is...."Wang Wei hesitated.
"What is it....?"he heard her low but sharp voice.
"Miss,it is not time consuming as other two methods but I don't think that it is a proper way and it wouldn't give us a complete revenge .."Wang Wei told her.
"Explain all the methods you mentioned in details"Yin Yue asked.
"First of all,we have to plant some of our trustworthy spies around General Huang..it will be a help for us in the future.To approach him,we have to be compatible with him.
For that,first way is to join his family by marriage.
Second way is to get a higher position as same as him in the army or in politics."Wang Wei explained .
"Then,what is the third method?"Yin Yue asked.
"We can hire a good team of assassins to assassinate General Huang and eliminate his family totally" Wang Wei said with a lowered voice,lowering his head. Ying Yue's eyes turned towards Wang Wei,shooting a sharp glance at him. "Do you think I would allow to do something like that?"although her voice was not high,Wang Wei felt as if those words are booming in his ears. "I dare not.This ignorant servant asks for young miss's forgiveness"he immediately knelt infront of her. Yin Yue calmed down. "I am the daughter of General Jiang Lin.Merely taking their lives is not enough for me.I want them to suffer ,I want them to have the taste of betrayal,I want to disclose their conspiracy to the world and I want to restore my father's and my family's honor"she said with determination. Wang Wei was really surprised for a moment .Yesterday,she was a little girl,frozen with fear and shock but today she is issuing orders as if she is a general in army. "No wonder,it is our master's blood runnin
"Miss,please can you explain what you said before in details?Wang Wei couldn't comprehend what miss said before"He asked very politely. "As I said before ,I want to avenge for my family myself.Of course I need your support.I would be depending on you.But avenging my family would be my responserbility.That is why you would not be the one joining the army but me."Yin Yue explained the first part. "of course,females are not allowed in our Qing empire's army.That is why the one joining the army wouldn't be a female" she explained the second part looking at Wang Wei.From his looks she understood the question he didn't ask. "That is because I'm going to disguise myself as s male" she explained the last part clearing all the confusions.Wang Wei was astonished to the core. He could not imagine how did this little girl's line of thoughts ended up like this.It was an unexpected decision and hard choice from such a little girl.He opened his mouth to protest, explaining the difficulties,but h
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The next day morning, Wang Wei came to escort his young miss out. When he knocked the door, he was asked to come in. When he entered, again he was astonished for a moment. There was no longer his young miss in front of him. Instead of the pretty young girl he knew, there was a cute looking young boy standing there. Wang Wei beheld the boy head to toe. Her hair style had changed, and something was different about her long bright eyes. Except for that, although there was no other visible differences, her appearance had changed considerably. He kept staring at her for another moment. "Uncle Wei, is my appearance weird?" Ying Yue asked awkwardly. "No miss. not at all" Wang Wei replied immediately. "Then why are you staring at me like this?" she asked again. "Instead of a young miss, when a young master appeared in front of me suddenly, I was a bit startled." Wang Wei replied. "Uncle, remember to call by my name from now on. otherwise it would be weird if you call me young miss by chan
The stable of city magistrate was not just one stable with some horses. It could be considered as a stables complex. There were different kind of horses in different places, a horse breeding center, treatment center for treating the ailments of horses and horse training center was there too. Different kind of horses were imported and strong wild horses were caught and detained in there. In the horse breeding center, more capable highbred horses were produced. In the horse training center, horses were tamed and trained as war horses, riding horses, race horses...etc. Wang Wei was the newly appointed in charge of horse training center. First of all, he took a tour around the stable complex to get an idea about each section's activity. As a soldier and the closest bodyguard of late General Jiang Lin, Wang Wei was very familiar with all kind of horses, specially war horses and riding horses. So, it was not hard for him to adjust to his new working environment. As for Yin Yue, that wa
Everyone except Yin Yue, looked at the direction which that voice came. They could see that, there was a tall, splendid looking boy standing beside them. He was wearing an azure coloured dress, holding a book in his hand. His appearance was similar to a scholar, but he gave off a majestic aura. "First young master" the attendants hurriedly bowed in front him while the little boy called him. "Elder brother.." He walked towards the people who were gathered. "Lu Er..,what is going on here?" he asked the same question from his younger brother again. "Elder brother ..,I was going to teach a lesson to this wicked, undisciplined servant" Wang Lu replied . "what mistake did he do to annoy my little brother?" he asked in a soothing voice. "He was roaming in the garden and without noticing my arrival, collided with me, making me totally wet with that water basket of his" Wang Lu complained. "Ooh..Was our Lu Er playing hide and seek again?" he asked again. "yes brother, I was running aw
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Because they still had few hours left of Yin Yue's day off, both of them decided to start the practice today itself. Wang Wei understood that young girl was weak in physical strength, So he decided to teach some basic movements and some exercises for improving her strength, flexibility and agility of her body. On the calm river side, enjoying the serenity of beautiful nature, Wang Wei started teaching his first lesson. “Young miss…, humans are a small part of this whole universe. When we born into this world, we receive the life energy from this universe to our soul. We live with that energy. Some people just live. They don’t try to improve their life energy. But some people try in various methods to improve and develop this life energy. Monks, Shamans, priests…those people are some groups who try to find the secrets of this life energy.” Yin Yue listened very attentively to Wang Li’s words. “We…martial artists are one of those groups. Martial art is not all about fighting or k
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After three weeks... The time flew by. Everything went normally and smoothly. For Yin Yue, the only special thing happened during this period of time was the grand opening of their inn. According to Zhu Li's ideas and planning, with the help of Wang Wei and Ting ..,the opening ceremony of the their inn happened successfully.Now it has been doing considerably well for about twelve days. Except for Zhu Li and Ting, they had another two females and one male as their staff. Two friends of Ting, also were giving their helps when needed. They also were timid and disobedient at first just like Ting. But Yin Yue or Wang Wei didn't know how, Zhu Li had managed to train them in a very short period of time like a week ,before the opening ceremony takes place.They did a great job by spreading the news about newly opened inn,describing the amazing taste of food there..,high quality service with lower amount of money.. ,comfortable settings of rooms..and other facilities. Their food menus we
Yin Yue was sitting around a table in the garden with her parents.They were chatting happily with each other.It was a rare occasion Yin Yue got to spend her time freely with both her father and mother, because her father was always busy with military works.They were having tea and enjoying the scenery of setting sun in the evening . Suddenly, as if it was going to rain,a massive dark cloud invaded the sky.It was getting larger and larger and covered the whole sky including the sun.The surrounding got dark like a solar eclipse happening and a sudden thick fog started to invade the surrounding,backing up the speed of spreading darkness.Yin Yue was frightened to the core because of this sudden change.She looked at where her parents were but she couldn't find them.The thick fog had covered all the area densely .She called her parents, crying.But she couldn't get any answer.She kept calling while crying .She couldn't move anywhere to look for her parents because of the darkness .And the t
Zhu Li served tea and snacks to Yin Yue.Yin Yue came to her normal senses immediately. All others were just waiting until Yin Yue have her tea. "Uncle,sister,Ting er..please join with me.Let's have tea together"Yin Yue asked every one. Wang Wei and Zhu Li looked at each other..,after hesitating for a moment, they joined Yin Yue. They enjoyed the tea together. After having tea, they started discussing and exchanging information. Wang Wei informed about all the decisions he took and all the plans he made in details to Yin Yue. And he informed the secret codes of communication which they decided to use. After explaining the plans they made in capital, they started to analyze the information Yin Yue had collected . "Miss,as you have mentioned,city magistrate has only two sons.And eldest son is not the present lady's son.right?" Wang Wei asked Yin Yue. "Yes,I cofirmed it from many people" "How is the father-son relationship between elder young master and magistrate?" "They have a v
When they reached to the door, Yin Yue could see that was a girl and a little boy. She identified the girl immediately. "Zhu Li.." Yin Yue called her name. Her voice was filled with the happiness of seeing a familiar face in an unknown city. Zhu Li came running to Yin Yue. The little boy tag along with her, hiding behind. "Oh ..our young miss...our miss.." she muttered happily, smiling and sobbing at the same time, observing Yin Yue from head to toe. "Zhu Li is so sorry. Miss had to suffer so much. Zhu Li couldn't take care of our miss better." Zhu Li hugged Yin Yue tightly as she was overwhelmed by sadness. "Miss has become so thin. From now on this Zhu Li is going to take care of our miss" she continued without stopping. Even Yin Yue couldn't tell a word. "Are you going to make our miss stand here for the rest of the day? “therefore finally Wang Wei asked Zhu Li. "I am so sorry miss, I am so happy to see you. That is why…please come this way" finally she stopped her grievance
"Miss is not strong enough yet to use a real sword. Let's practice the basic sword techniques with this wooden sword" Wang Wei explained. But looking at her curious glance he understood that what she was asking about is the surprise he mentioned. With a smile he replied, " for the surprise miss has to wait until we finish our training" Then they started their first day of training sword technics. Yin Yue was so excited to start practicing sword technics. She knew that her father was famous not only for being "The general with highest achievements in the Qing empire" but also for his exceptional sword-man ship. After practicing for another two-three hours, they concluded their training session earlier than other days. "Now let's go to see the surprise I prepared" Wang Wei suggested and Yin Yue agreed without hesitation. They took a different path than their usual path which was leading to another side of the city. Yin Yue didn't have much memory of this side of the city because sh
Then they left the grave. Sun Wu and Xiao Lu who would be remaining in the capital were asked to make a proper tombstone for Lady's tomb when they have a time. After that, Wang Wei decided to have a look at the Jiang Lin manor and all of them walked silently to the direction of Jiang Lin manor. When they reached, they saw there were two guards in-front of the front gate. But because they were much more familiar with every inch of that household, they could enter the house premises, closing the guards' eyes. They walked around silently beholding the changes in the house. Once a house which was very glamorous looking and lively had become gloomy and abandoned. There was no any light inside the house. Even the trees, plants and everything in the surrounding seemed withered. Zhu Li was really heart-broken for her lady. She knew how much her lady cared about the maintenance of the household. She cared and loved everyone and everything in her house. Even the trees and plants in the court
Everyone looked at her and nodded with agreement. Four of them there were ready to do anything for their late master because except for being their late master, every one of them had a different reason to respect him. They continued their discussion. At the end of the discussion, two body guards who were still recovering were assigned to stay at the capital. One of them who is named as Sun Wu had a cousin brother who was a merchant. He had few shops in the capital, an inn and he had many contacts with different people. Sun Wu had a good relationship with him. Therefore Wu was assigned to go to his cousin brother and join his business. He was supposed to help building up the economic power of the team. The other bodyguard Xiao Lu was assigned to enter the General Huang Song's personal guard team by any possible means and he was supposed to spy on General's every action. Both of them agreed with their tasks. As for Zhu Li, Wang Wei thought of making her a female spy at general Huang S
After hearing that, the people outside the carriage could see the curtains of the carriage's window were pulled to a side and an extremely beautiful, elegant face of a lady appeared there. Her long beautiful eyes were piercing through the crowd and stopped at the pitiful looking girl who was dragged away by a group of people. She thought for a moment and gave some orders to one of her servants. He reached the passing crowd and gave his lady's order to those group of people. That order made them surprised yet they didn't dare to ignore it when they get to know the identity of that lady. She was Lady Jiang Lin, the wife of General Jiang Lin, a well-known general throughout the entire Qing empire. They came in front of the carriage with the girl. Then the lady asked them the reason for dragging away the girl by force. "Answering my lady, she is our master's would-be-wife. We were escorting her to our mas